National Republican., 1887-12-05
OUR SPIRITUAL TROUBLES.
REV. DIR. TALMAGE's REGULAR SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
An Enumeration OF the Weaknesses OF
Man and the Remedies for Them
A Repentant Heart Necessary for
Salvation.

III BTOOklyn IhDef0hClc. InB nOIt thhh ipui
thousand communicant members and many
strangers from all parts OF the world make 1t
memorable scene. New members were re-
ceived. and some OF them were baptized this
morning.
The congregation. led by organ and cornet,
sanR:
"Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
shall never lose its power
TIL all the ransomtd church OF God
BE saved to sin no more"
The Rev. Il. Do Witt Talmage, ID. d.,
preached. His subject was "salutation from
the chariot" and his text, III Kings, Y, l5-'Is
thine heart rightG'
with. mettled horses at full speed, for he
was celebrated for fast driving, Jehu, the war
Iior and king, returns from battle. But seeing
yehonadab, an aoquaintance, by the ,wayslde
he shouts Whoa whoa" to- the latnered
span. Then leaning over to Jehonadab he
salutes him In the words of the text-words
not more appropriate for that hour and that
place than for this hour and place..
Of your physical health. Well myself, like
TO have everybody else well; and so might ask,
your nerves right, your lungs right, your en-.
ire body right? But am busy to-day taking
diagnosis Of the more important spiritual con.
ditions.
should like to hear Of your financial wei.
fare. / want everybody to have plenty of
money, ample apparel, large stor,ehouse G,l,, & and
your business right, Your income right, your
worldly surroundings right? But what are
these financial questions compared with the
inquiry as to whether you have been able To
pay your debts to God; us to whether you arc
insured for eternity; as to whether you are
running yourself by the long credit system of
the sonlS have known men to have no more
than one loaf of bread at time, and yet to
own government bond of heaven worth more
than the whole material universe.
The question ask you to-day is not In regard
to your habits. make no inquiry about your
integrity, or your chastity, or your sobriety. l
ID tnC Ant, IA nf
and ring the bell; but, coming up the steps,
open the door and come to the private apart
ment OF the soul. and, with the earnestness OF
aman that must give an account for this days
work, cry out: Oh, man, oh, woman immor-
tai, is thine heart righH
will not insult you by an argument to
prove that we are by nature all wrong. III
there be a factory explosion. and the smoke
stack be upset. and the wheels be broken In
two, and the engine unjonted, and the pom.
derous bars be twisted, and man should look
in and say that nothing was tne matter, vou
would pronounce him fool. Well, 1t needs
atwist and askew and unlointed. The thing
doesn't work right The biggest trouble we
have in the world is with our souls.
Men sometimes say that though their lives
mny not be Just right, their heart is all right.
lmpossiblel A farmer never puts the poorest
s top Of his barrel does The sSe
window, The best part OF us Is our outward
life. do not stop to discuss whether we all
and have all eaten Of the forbidden fruit, and
have been turned out of the paradise of holi-
ness and peace; and though the flaming sword
changed position and comes behind to drive
us in, we will not go.
The Bible account ofus is not exaggerated
when 1t says that we are poor, and wretched,
and miserable, and blind, and naked. Poor:
the wretch that stands shivering on our door.
step on cold day is not SO much In need of
bread as we are OF spiritual help. Blind: why,
the man whose eyes perished in the powder
blast, and who for these ten years has gone
feeling his way from street to street Is not in
there is not one rag OF holiness left to hide the
shame OF our sin. Sick: why, the leprosy has
ands Se ee snd the Of sn
everlasting wasting away has already seized
on some of us.
discourse about an evil without pointing a
to have LIED speak the thirst
sparkling from the Rock Of Ages, and pours a
river ofgladness at your feet. II show you
The rents in your coat, it is only because the
here is robe, white with the fleece ofthe Lamb
OF God, and of cut and make that an angel
Sad mot Ss be seF SuSS bread spsSa
are munching, II is only to give you the bread
made out Of me fines. wheat that grows on
tfesss-and one crumb of which would be
enough to make all heaven banquet. Hear
It, one and all. and tell II to yonr friends VIII IN
you go home, that the Lord Jesus Christ can
make the heart right.
FiItt we need repenting heart; # for the
that we turned around and star ed In the op
posiie direction. II we offend our friends we
are glad TO apologize. God is our best friend
gized for the wrongs we have done Him
There is nothing that we 50 much need to get
ia Sdsda % rden Is ReS ehSs SSfs Il Sa
blf sied the world Men keep dogs in kennels
and rabbits in a warren, and cattle in a pen
What man that would be who would shu
them up in his parlor. But this foul dog o
sin, aud these herds of transgression, we have
entertained fer many long year In our heart
EhiSh should be the & ceanss, @ 3%Tgatet %g Hs bSrG
Begone, ye befoulers of an immortal nature
Turn ont the beasts, and let Christ come In!
heathen came to an early Christian who
Christian said: You must have all your idol
destroyed" The heathen gave to the Christian
the key to his house that he might 20 In anS
destroy the idols. He battered to pieces al
he saw, but still the man did not get we'll. The
Christian said to him: "There must be some lido
in your house @ not yet Gss'r0yedn The ne heather leather
gold that he could not bear to give up. Ate
while, when that was destroyed, in answer
to the prayer ofthe Christian the sick man go
Many man has awakened in his dying hou
to find his sins all about him They clamberet
side and over the headboard and over ths
footboard, and horribly devoured the soul.
"Repent, the voice celestial cries,
Nor longer dare delay;
The wretch that scorns the mandate dies,
And meets fiery day."
Again, we need a believing heart. goot
many years ago weary one went up, one Q
The hills of Asia Minor, and with two logs oI
his back cried out to all the world, Offering 7
Him: They slappSsdt, Him In the face The
mi ,,l,o H., H.,
they spit on Him. They hounded Him a
though He were wild beast. His healing Q
the sick, His sightgiying to the blind, Hi
were lost, in that whirlwind Of execratior
Away with Him Away with Him
All ~ was not merely the two pieces OF WOO
that He carried II was the transgressiOns G
the race, the anguish Of the ages, the wrath 9
eats Of an unending eternity. no wonder iii
back bent. No wonder the blood started fron
every pore. No wonder that He crouched un
everlasting hills tremble, and the dead rus
be possible ie. this cup pass from me-" Bu
There He hangsl What has that hand don
that II should be thus crushed in the palm
II has been healing the lame and wiping ava
tears: What has that foot been doing that
about doing good. OF what has the ,yieiil
another criminal? Was there ever such
crime? On that hill of carnage, that sunles
day, smid those bowling rioters, may not you
slns and mine have perished? believe IT,
Oh the ransom has been paid. Those arm
OF Jesus were stretched out so wide that whe
He brought them together again they migt
embrace the world. Oh, that might, out {
the blossoms OF the spring or the inmtn
foliage OF the autumn, make one wreath 70
my Lord Oh, that all the triumphal archie
Of the world could be swung In one gatewa!
Where Where The King Of Glory might come In ON